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<br> <p>
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</p><h1 align="CENTER">WFDB Applications Guide</h1>
<p align="CENTER"><strong>Tenth Edition<br>
(Revised for release 10.5.24)<br>
28 May 2015<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
George B. Moody<br>
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology</strong></p><p>
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Copyright ©1980-2014 George B. Moody
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The most recent versions of the programs described in this guide may be freely
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</p><blockquote>George B. Moody<br>
MIT Room E25-505A<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
USA<br>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/intro.htm"><h3>Introduction</h3></a>
<a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/faq.htm"><h3>FAQ</h3></a>
<h3>Applications</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/a2m-1.htm">a2m, ad2m, ahaconvert, ahaecg2mit, m2a, md2a</a>: converting between AHA DB and WFDB formats
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/ann2rr-1.htm">ann2rr, rr2ann</a>: convert annotation files to interval lists and vice versa
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/bxb-1.htm">bxb</a>: ANSI/AAMI-standard beat-by-beat annotation comparator
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/calsig-1.htm">calsig</a>: calibrate signals of a WFDB record
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/cohere-1.htm">coherence</a>: estimate coherence and cross-spectrum of two time series
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/dfa-1.htm">dfa</a>: detrended fluctuation analysis
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/ecgeva-1.htm">ecgeval</a>: generate and run ECG analyzer evaluation script
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/ecgpuw-1.htm">ecgpuwave</a>: QRS detector and waveform limit locator
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/edf2mi-1.htm">edf2mit, mit2edf</a>: convert between EDF and WFDB-compatible formats
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/edr-1.htm">edr</a>: derive a respiration signal from an ECG
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/epicmp-1.htm">epicmp</a>: ANSI/AAMI-standard episode-by-episode annotation comparator
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/fft-1.htm">fft</a>: fast Fourier transform
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/fir-1.htm">fir</a>: general-purpose FIR filter for WFDB records
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/gqfuse-1.htm">gqfuse</a>: combine QRS annotation files
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/gqrs-1.htm">gqrs, gqpost</a>: QRS detector and post-processor
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/hrfft-1.htm">hrfft, hrlomb, hrmem</a>: calculate and plot heart rate power spectra
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/hrstat-1.htm">hrstats</a>: collect and summarize heart rate statistics from an annotation file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/ihr-1.htm">ihr</a>: calculate instantaneous heart rate
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/imagep-1.htm">imageplt</a>: plot a greyscale image
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/log10-1.htm">log10</a>: calculate common logarithms of two-column data
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/lomb-1.htm">lomb</a>: estimate power spectrum using the Lomb periodogram method
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/lwcat-1.htm">lwcat</a>: postprocess output of plt to make PostScript, EPS, PDF or PNG
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/memse-1.htm">memse</a>: estimate power spectrum using maximum entropy (all poles) method
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/mfilt-1.htm">mfilt</a>: general-purpose median filter for WFDB records
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/mrgann-1.htm">mrgann</a>: merge annotation files
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/mxm-1.htm">mxm</a>: ANSI/AAMI-standard measurement-by-measurement annotation comparator
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/nguess-1.htm">nguess</a>: guess the times of missing normal beats in an annotation file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/nst-1.htm">nst</a>: noise stress test for ECG analysis programs
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/parses-1.htm">parsescp</a>: parse SCP-ECG, optionally save in PhysioBank-compatible format
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/plot2d-1.htm">plot2d, plot3d</a>: make 2-D or 3-D plots from text files of data, using <b>gnuplot</b>
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/plotst-1.htm">plotstm</a>: produce scatter plot of ST measurement errors on a PostScript device
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/plt-1.htm">plt</a>: make 2-D plots
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/pltf-1.htm">pltf</a>: make function plots
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/pnnlis-1.htm">pnnlist, pNNx</a>: derive pNNx statistics from an annotation interval list or an annotation file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/pnwlog-1.htm">pnwlogin</a>: provide direct access to PhysioNetWorks for WFDB applications
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/pschar-1.htm">pschart</a>: produce annotated `chart recordings' on a PostScript device
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/psfd-1.htm">psfd</a>: produce annotated `full-disclosure' plots on a PostScript device
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/rdann-1.htm">rdann</a>: read a WFDB annotation file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/rdedfa-1.htm">rdedfann</a>: extract annotations from an EDF+ file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/rdsamp-1.htm">rdsamp</a>: read WFDB signal files
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/rxr-1.htm">rxr</a>: ANSI/AAMI-standard run-by-run annotation comparator
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/sampfr-1.htm">sampfreq</a>: show sampling frequency for a record
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/setwfd-1.htm">setwfdb, cshsetwfdb</a>: set WFDB environment variables
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/sigamp-1.htm">sigamp</a>: measure signal amplitudes of a WFDB record
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/sigavg-1.htm">sigavg</a>: calculate averages of annotated waveforms
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/signam-1.htm">signame</a>: print names of signals of a WFDB record
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/signum-1.htm">signum</a>: print signal numbers of a WFDB record having specified names
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/skewed-1.htm">skewedit</a>: edit skew fields of header file(s)
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/snip-1.htm">snip</a>: copy an excerpt of a WFDB record
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/sortan-1.htm">sortann</a>: rearrange annotations in canonical order
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/sqrs-1.htm">sqrs, sqrs125</a>: single-channel QRS detector
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/stepde-1.htm">stepdet</a>: single-channel step change detector
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/sumann-1.htm">sumann</a>: summarize the contents of a WFDB annotation file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/sumsta-1.htm">sumstats</a>: derive aggregate statistics from bxb, rxr, etc., line-format output
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/tach-1.htm">tach</a>: heart rate tachometer
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/time2s-1.htm">time2sec</a>: convert WFDB standard time format into seconds
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wabp-1.htm">wabp</a>: arterial blood pressure (ABP) pulse detector
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wav2mi-1.htm">wav2mit, mit2wav</a>: convert between .wav and WFDB-compatible formats
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wave-1.htm">wave</a>: waveform analyzer, viewer, and editor
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdb-c-1.htm">wfdb-config</a>: print WFDB library version and configuration info
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdb2m-1.htm">wfdb2mat</a>: convert WFDB-compatible signal file to Matlab .mat file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbca-1.htm">wfdbcat</a>: copy WFDB files to standard output
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbco-1.htm">wfdbcollate</a>: collate WFDB records into a multi-segment record
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbde-1.htm">wfdbdesc</a>: read signal specifications
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbma-1.htm">wfdbmap</a>: make a synoptic map of a WFDB record
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbti-1.htm">wfdbtime</a>: convert time to sample number, elapsed, and absolute time
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbwh-1.htm">wfdbwhich</a>: find a WFDB file and print its pathname
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wqrs-1.htm">wqrs</a>: single-channel QRS detector based on length transform
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wrann-1.htm">wrann</a>: write a WFDB annotation file
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wrsamp-1.htm">wrsamp</a>: write WFDB signal files
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/xform-1.htm">xform</a>: sampling frequency, amplitude, and format conversion for WFDB records
</li></ul>
<h3>WFDB libraries</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdb-3.htm">wfdb</a>: Waveform Database library
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbf-3.htm">wfdbf</a>: Waveform Database library wrappers for Fortran
</li></ul>
<h3>WFDB file formats</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/annot-5.htm">annot</a>: WFDB annotation file formats
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/header-5.htm">header</a>: WFDB header file format
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/signal-5.htm">signal</a>: WFDB signal file formats
</li><li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/wfdbca-5.htm">wfdbcal</a>: WFDB calibration file format
</li></ul>
<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/xview-7.htm">xview</a>: xview toolkit information
</li></ul>
<h3>Appendices</h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/install.htm">Installing the WFDB Software Package</a></i>
</li><li><i><a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wag/eval.htm">Evaluating ECG Analyzers</a></i>
</li></ul>
<br><hr>
<h2>Other links of interest</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://physionet.org/">PhysioNet</a><br>
PhysioNet offers free access via the web to large collections of
recorded physiologic signals and related open-source software.
The PhysioNet web site is a public service of the
<a href="http://physionet.org/resource.shtml">PhysioNet Resource</a>
funded by the <a href="https://www.nih.gov/" target="other">National
Institutes of Health</a>'s <a href="https://www.nibib.nih.gov/" target="other">NIBIB</a> and <a href="http://www.nigms.nih.gov/" target="other">NIGMS</a>.
The most recent version of this guide, and of the software it
describes, may be obtained from PhysioNet.
</li><li><i><a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wpg/wpg.htm">WFDB Programmer's Guide</a></i>
<br>
Includes tutorial and reference material relating to the WFDB library,
a portable set of functions (subroutines) for reading and writing files in the
formats supported by the applications described here. The WFDB library may be
used with C, C++, or Fortran programs; the guide primarily describes the C
interface.
</li><li><i><a href="https://physionet.org/physiotools/wug/wug.htm">WAVE User's Guide</a></i><br>
A comprehensive tutorial, with extensive reference material, for
<strong>WAVE</strong>, an interactive waveform browser with facilities for
annotation editing and control of external analysis programs.
<strong>WAVE</strong> runs on PCs under the free GNU/Linux and FreeBSD
operating systems, and under MS-Windows with Cygwin/X, as well as on Mac OS X
and on SPARC-based systems under SunOS or Solaris.
</li></ul>
<br>
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